How to SIMPLIFY the Holidays
As you enter the holiday season, try these ideas to simplify the hectic parts of the holidays, so you can truly enjoy the most meaningful aspects of the season. SIMPLIFY the Holidays S – is for [...]
Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays: 28 Day Challenge – Day 27
Day 27: Sweep Your Entryway Leaves, spiderwebs, debris, kids' toys, out-of-season items... these can all add up to a less-than-welcoming entryway for visitors. Grab your broom and perhaps a multi-purpose cleaner, and head outside. Many of us [...]
Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays: 28 Day Challenge – Day 26
Day 26: Declutter the Coat Closet Where is your designated spot for guests’ coats, shoes and belongings? We have a decent-sized coat closet, but ordinarily it is pretty maxed out with our own family’s stuff. Today, [...]
Monday Morning Check-In
Whew. I thought the weeks were going fast, until I had another weekend. That was lightning-fast! How about yours? Other than flying by…it was a good and productive weekend. Hope yours was too. Here’s my update: [...]
Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays: 28 Day Challenge — Day 25
Day 25: Declutter Kids’ Spaces (or Your Own “Fun” Space) Today’s challenge is to declutter your kids’ areas to create space for new things that are on their way from Santa and you and relatives. I [...]
Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays: 28 Day Challenge — Day 24
Day 24: Set Up a Quick-Clean Mini Zone in the Guest Bathroom Today’s challenge is to set up a quick-clean mini zone in your guest bathroom. The idea is to corral into a bucket (or other [...]
Six Little Words that Got Me Thinking: weekly quick tip
This blog post is a sample of my weekly organizing quick tip newsletter. If you aren't on the list yet, you can sign up here. A few weeks ago, I was telling my daughter that I needed [...]
Let’s Get Organized for the Weekend
Happy Friday! It’s time to get ourselves organized for the weekend with another round of Finish It Friday. I find my weekends are so much more productive when I make a to-do list, and a plan, [...]
Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays: 28 Day Challenge – Day 23
Day 23: You Choose Remember back on Day 2 of the challenge when you created a list of trouble spots? Hopefully by now we have addressed many of those through this challenge, but it's likely that [...]
Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays: 28 Day Challenge – Day 22
Day 22: Set up a holiday card mini zone How did you do with yesterday's paper clutter challenge? I hope it went well and that it provided you and your home with a bit of relief. [...]